Recently our son was talking about using some of his excess vacation days to take a trip out west.  We shared some ideas and offered to let him join us in our RV for the trip.  We proceeded to plan a five week, 4600 mile loop around the country.  It was a jam packed five weeks of beautiful views and visits to Monuments and National Parks.  We did a lot of driving, made many stops, ate some great food and had a fantastic time.  

Our trip began in Nashville where our son flew in to meet us.  After touring Nashville we made stops in Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio.  We visited numerous sites and National Parks including the National Corvette Museum, Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak, Arches NP, Canyonlands NP, Yellowstone NP, Craters of the Moon National Monument, Glacier NP, Devils Tower Monument, Badlands NP, Mt. Rushmore Monument, Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park, Little Bighorn Battlefield, Falls Park in Sioux Falls and the RV/MH Hall of Fame and Museum in Elkhart.

Our countries National Parks and Monuments are really beautiful and should be on everyone’s bucket list.  We did experience some crazy weather along the route with Utah at 105 degrees and Yellowstone at 30 degrees with snow and hail.  After dropping our son off at the Cleveland Airport we stopped in PA then headed toward upstate NY to put our RV in storage.  It was wonderful spending time with our son and we all thoroughly enjoyed the trip.  We plan to spend a little time in NY to relax before picking up the RV and heading back to Florida for the chilly months.